ive student-athletes from the Southeastern Conference were named to the 2016 College

It might not have the national cachet of Duke-North Carolina or Kentucky-Louisville.But the yearly meeting of No. 25 Iowa State and Iowa, which occurs Thursday night at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, has a special meaning all its own, according to Iowa coach Fran McCaffery.This is a rivalry that means a lot to a lot of people, he said. It means a lot to both teams for RPI, national rankings and NCAA Tournament potential. It has a lot of importance.Even this season, with the Hawkeyes stumbling out of the gate to a 4-5 start that includes a four-game losing streak, including a bad home loss to an Omaha team that the Cyclones (6-2) routed 91-47 on Monday night, this game is one thats circled on everyones calendar in Iowa.How meaningful is this game? When a ranked Iowa State rallied from a 20-point deficit last season to topple the unranked Hawkeyes 83-82 in Ames on Monte Morris floater with nine seconds left, Cyclones students stormed the floor and actually broke the leg of a Des Moines columnist on press row.During a Tuesday press conference, second-year Iowa State coach Steve Prohm was still marveling at how his crowd reacted to the opening stages of the teams rally.This crowd was going crazy when we cut the lead from 20 to 18, he said. A lot of places, the crowd would be quiet or booing. Iowa just came out and hit us in the mouth, but that was as good a rivalry performance as Ive seen.Morris led the charge last season with 20 points, nine assists and just one turnover, and Matt Thomas fired in six 3-pointers and 19 points. It was the third straight Cyclones win in the series, matching the programs all-time high against its rival.If its going to make it four straight, Iowa State will probably need to score a lot of points. Although the Hawkeyes are nowhere close to the ability of last years team that was ranked in the top five at one point in February, they are still averaging 86.7 points per game.Senior guard Peter Jok is the name of the game for Iowa. The lone returning starter from last seasons team, Jok is firing in 23.9 ppg, hitting nearly 40 percent of his 3-pointers and going 47 of 51 at the foul line.He can get his shot any time he wants, whether they run good offense or bad offense, Prohm said of Jok. We have to do a good job denying him the catch. Our defense will have to travel over there.Cordell Pemsl (10.6) is also averaging in double figures for the Hawkeyes, which are still in the process of figuring out a playing rotation. Nine players have started games and only Jok has started all nine games.Morris (14.2 ppg, 6.3 assists) leads four Cyclones in extra digits. 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Pedro scored from a pass by Lionel Messi in the 33rd minute and added two more goals in the 47th and 72nd after Valdes saved his second penalty in four days following his stop in Wednesdays 4-0 over Ajax in the Champions League. Five student-athletes from the Southeastern Conference were named to the 2016 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District? Volleyball Teams, which recognize the nations top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom.Representatives from the SEC include Leah Lawrence and Krystal Rivers from Alabama, Ashley Dusek from Kentucky, Aubrey Edie from Ole Miss, and Megan Kirkland from South Carolina.The Academic All-District? teams are divided into eight geographic districts across the United States and Canada. This is the sixth year of the expanded Academic All-America? program as CoSIDA moved from recognizing a University Division (Division I) and a College Division (all non-Division I) and has doubled the number of scholar-athletes honored. The expanded teams include NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II and NCAA Division III participants, while the College Division AAcademic All-America? Team combines NAIA, Canadian and two-year schools.ddddddddddddFirst-team Academic All-District? honorees advance to the CoSIDA Academic All-America? Team ballot, where first-, second- and third-team All-America honorees will be selected later this month.District 2 (DC, DE, KY, MD, NJ, PA, WV) FIRST TEAM: Ashley Dusek, Kentucky, Jr., East Bernard, Texas, 3.5 GPA, Integrated strategic communicationsDistrict 4 (AL, FL, GA, PR, SC) FIRST TEAM:Megan Kirkland, South Carolina, Sr., Lugoff, S.C., 4.00 GPA, Exercise scienceLeah Lawrence, Alabama, Jr., Huntsville, Ala., 3.98 GPA, AccountingKrystal Rivers, Alabama, Sr., Birmingham, Ala., 3.65 GPA, SpanishDistrict 6 (AR, IA, LA, MN, MO, MS, ND, SD, WI) FIRST TEAM:Aubrey Edie, Mississippi, Sr., Fayetteville, Ark., 3.97 GPA, Elementary education ' ' '